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Man with decorative beads woven into his beard
Man with decorative beads woven into his beard
Object Number 2004.24.6896
Display Title Man with decorative beads woven into his beard
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Man
  • Rural
  • Jewelry
Department Photographic
Date 1921
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 12.7 cm (3 x 5 in.)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Man with beads woven into his beard
2004.29.11875 Man with beads woven into his beard
Africa
A man having his beard plucked by another man
2006.16.1.14.21 A man having his beard plucked by another man
Documentary
New Guinea
Man with seeds in his beard; decorated with mikak and walimoken, and fur headdress
2006.12.1.4.35 Man with seeds in his beard; decorated with mikak and walimoken, and fur headdress
Documentary
New Guinea
Eliot Elisofon tugs at a man's beard and in return is tugged on his own
2006.37.1.42.5 Eliot Elisofon tugs at a man's beard and in return is tugged on his own
Documentary
New Guinea
"Gao Helmet and family, Band 2": Group preparing to leave Gautscha for a hunting and gathering trip, including //Kushay (second wife of "Gao Helmet", headman of Band 2), Xama (Gao's daughter with his first wife) with bead ornaments in her hair, Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao, //Kushay's sister) leaning over (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30022 "Gao Helmet and family, Band 2": Group preparing to leave Gautscha for a hunting and gathering trip, including //Kushay (second wife of "Gao Helmet", headman of Band 2), Xama (Gao's daughter with his first wife) with bead ornaments in her hair, Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao, //Kushay's sister) leaning over (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Move": Group preparing to leave Gautscha for a hunting and gathering trip, including //Kushay (second wife of "Gao Helmet", headman of Band 2), Xama (Gao's daughter with his first wife) with bead ornaments in her hair, Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay and Di//khao, //Kushay's sister) leaning over (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30765 "Move": Group preparing to leave Gautscha for a hunting and gathering trip, including //Kushay (second wife of "Gao Helmet", headman of Band 2), Xama (Gao's daughter with his first wife) with bead ornaments in her hair, Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay and Di//khao, //Kushay's sister) leaning over (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Elderly man with beard and necklace in front of hut
2004.24.6888B Elderly man with beard and necklace in front of hut
Cameroon
Man with braided beard, profile view
2004.24.8969 Man with braided beard, profile view
Liberia
Debe standing beside !U, who is fixing his beads; and Norna leaning against her mother's shoulder
2001.29.21907 Debe standing beside !U, who is fixing his beads; and Norna leaning against her mother's shoulder
Nama Pan
//Ao wearing beads around his neck, sitting
2001.29.17339 //Ao wearing beads around his neck, sitting
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Debe standing beside !U, who is fixing his beads; and Norna leaning against her mother's shoulder
2001.29.28058 Debe standing beside !U, who is fixing his beads; and Norna leaning against her mother's shoulder
Nama Pan
Arrows: "Old Gau" wearing yellow beads, holding arrows, with his quiver on the ground next to him
2001.29.2792 Arrows: "Old Gau" wearing yellow beads, holding arrows, with his quiver on the ground next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy